Woodworking Tips: A Fast, Efficient and Safe Woodworking Space

Woodworking is not that simple. Although you can learn new skills and overtime, be actually good at it, there are still many basic things that you could probably miss. Some are not just techniques on working on wood, but can cover work flow, safety and time efficiency pointers. There will always be new things to learn and more techniques to apply. Knowing this truth, consider some woodworking tips you can easily integrate in your shop.

Storing your lumber

Number one to remember is to NEVER put the lumber on the concrete floor like in your garage where you usually have your shop. Wood is porous, so putting them on the floor can and will invite moisture to the wood, damaging them in time. Putting them up suspended can have good air movement around the lumber making them more stable in long periods of storage. While you make a storage space for your lumber (preferably using racks by the wall), you can mark their sizes so that you will not have a hard time locating and accessing the size you need while working on a project.

How to make your shop dust free

Dust does not only meddle with the quality of your project furniture, it can also significantly affect your health. Considering the number of hours you spend inside your shop, it is guaranteed you are inhaling more dust than you should. There are two kind of dust in the shop. The first kinds are those that are seen as large particles like shavings and chips. The other one is fine dust. Managing dust can help you prevent respiratory diseases, prevent accidents (stumbling over a block of wood covered in dust) and save time with your tools readily seen, not obscured with dust. For large dust particles, you can use a broom and a dustpan to clear that up. For finer particles, a vacuum would serve you best. You may also consider installing dust hoods to your power tools to control the notorious spread of dust all over your work area.

These woodworking tips might be common sense, but sometimes we miss out are the most vital points and we miss all the time because it is too “simple” and not important. Remember that there are no little things. The truth is big problems come from “small” causes.